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m aintain its program s reasonably
well.
"A re w e bad off? A bsolutely
not," he quipped.
T he county funds a M obile Cri-
m ade a difference. It's ju s t a m atter sis O utreach T eam that helps de­
co n tin u ed ¿ L f r o m F ront
o f better integrating agencies better fuse people experiencing a m ental
a schizophrenic m an w ho died w hile equipped to deal w ith people in cri­ health episode and services 2,600
in police custody, the Portland Po­ sis, according to Bouneff.
annually. The police have a direct
lice B ureau has had all patrol o ffic­
"W e can't put this all on the backs line to it, and can use it for situations
ers go through 40 hours o f crisis o f law enforcem ent," he said.
w here som eone is having a break­
intervention training, w hich p re­
Jason R enaud, the founder o f the dow n.
pares officers to b etter respond to M ental Health A ssociation o f Port­
The com puter assisted dispatch
situations w here som eone is ex p eri­ land and form er candidate for C ity the police released after the incident
encing a m ental health episode.
C ouncil, said that the police bureau re v e a ls that o ffic e rs kn ew that
Police have steadily becom e the began training officers prim arily so C am pbell's brother had died that
first responders to people ex p eri­ they'd have cover from legal liability day, w as extrem ely distraught, and
encing m ental health episodes as in cases like the C hasse incident.
suicidal. W ith it being clear that the
social and m ental health services
He also argued that m ost police m an w as so psychically rattled why
have struggled to keep up w ith in­
didn't they draw on the resources o f
creased dem and for them .
o th er services?
C a m p b e ll's b ro th e r T im o th y
Sgt. G reg Stew art, Police Bureau
D ouglass, 23, died that day after
spokesperson, said that C am pbell
fighting a long struggle w ith a heart
had a history o f violent and crim inal
condition. A lthough the details o f
behavior. W hile there w as a report
surrounding C am p b ell’s situation
about a gun in his possession, po­
a re n ’t entirely clear, he w as, by all
lice found no w eapon on or near his
accounts, extrem ely distraught by
body. T hey later found a handgun
his b ro th er’s passing, and w as re­
- Jason Renaud, Mental stashed in a closet near the front
portedly suicidal and acting errati­
d o o r o f the apartm ent he had been
Health Association of
cally.
in earlier.
Portland
It’s a crap shoot if you're going
"I d o n ’t buy that," said B o u n eff
to have an o fficer w ho understands officers sign on to the force to go o f the bureau's rationale for not call­
m ental illness," said C hris B ouneff, "get the bad guys," w hen often real ing in help.
executive directo r o f O regon ch ap ­ life situations are far m ore com pli­
A fter the incident television sta­
ter o f the N ational A lliance on M en­ cated.
tions w ere able to interview people
tal Illness.
"There is alm ost no engagem ent w ho w itnessed the entire event. I f
B o u n eff said that it's hard to speak w ith the m ental health com m unity," police w ere so w orried about the
to this p articu lar incident because he said.
security o f an o th er agency, they
there is so m uch unknow n about
D ave A ustin, the spokesperson w ould have cleared out the entire
C am pbell's exact circum stances. But for M ultnom ah C ounty's D epart­ block leaving no one to w itness it,
he said law enforcem ent officers are m ent o f H um an Services, said that argued Bouneff.
not the ideal first resp o n d ers to co u n ty offers serv ices m eant to
T he incident is currently under
people in crisis because they o p er­ defuse situations w here som eone is investigation, and grand ju ry pro­
ate on a "com m and and control" experiencing a crisis.
ceedings have been opened. Calls
approach that often escalates these
He said that the county's ser­ for m aking the proceedings public
situ atio n s.
vices have been strained from the have gotten louder, and are being
Still, B o u n eff believes that the soggy econom y, bu t he asserted jo in ed by Police C om m issioner Dan
m ental health crisis training has that his departm ent has been able to Saltzman.
There is almost
no engagement
with the mental
health community.
T erry F amily
F u n era l
H om e
503-283-9437
4510 SE 5 2 nd & Holgate
503-771-1834
2337 N. Williams Ave.
Portland, Or 97227
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